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The M oat Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State
GOLD HILL, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1933
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Finale O f Mountain-River Feud
STATE
TO
TRAIN
Written By Bonneville Project
WORLD NEWS
DISABLED MEN
A t a Glance
N ew t of the world brought to
the reader in capsule form.
The Pacific
uorthwest
wheat
murketiug agreement, signed Tues
day by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, is expected to raise the
price of wheat 12 to 20 cents u bush
el. Approximately 35,000,000 bush
els of wheut w ill he moved to for
eign markets under the agreement.
A new plan for the control of
liquor sales in Oregon has been
adopted by Governor .Meier’s liquor
committre. The committee decided
that grocery and drug stores should
he permitted to sell wine* and
liquors with an alcoholic content
below 14 per cent by volume. The
same provision applied to sale in
hotel dining rooms. All liquors ex
ceeding 1« per cent by volume
should be sold in state liquor stores.
Permits to buy liquor were fixed u»
a dollar each for qualified persons.
Bloodshed marked the clash of
striking cotton pickers and growers
in the Arvin district. 35 miles south
west of
Bakersfield, California,
Tuesday. Demands of the pickers
for wages of »1 for every hundred
pounds were met by a refusal of
the growers to pay more than 60
rents. One man was killed and three
Injured in the clash.
Florida gave early promise of be
ing the thirty third slate In favor
of prohibition repeal Tuesday as
wet voters piled up big leads in the
first precincts reported.
The Blue Eagle of NBA ruffled its
feathers and flashed a menacing tal
on for the first time In its short
career of political taxidermy Tues
day. Hugh S. Johnson, recovery ad
ministrator, ruled that the govern
ment bird could no longer roost in
the windows of Theodore (1. Itnhul-
is, Gary, Indiana, rcsturant pro
prietor, when the Inlter’s 10 employ-
rs claimed that he was violating the
code both in maximum hours anil
minimum wage provisions.
Probability that the w orld’s fair
would continue beyond November
] was indicated this week by fair
officiate. Total receipts to date
were *30,000.000 paid by 19,000.000
persons in attendance.
Mary Plckford denied reports
that she was plnnning divorce pro
ceedings against Douglas Fairbanks
in Juarez, Mexico.
Loans amounting to »600,715.85
were authorised Tuesday by the
advisory committee of the Home
Owners’ Loan corporation. Approval
of 152 loans In Multnomah countv
nnd 143 loans from other districts of
the state was made by the commit
tee. Of nearly 300« applications,
averaging »2100 each, 1000 are now
rca<ly for approval.
Approximately 9000 men have
been put to work during the past
month in the national forests under
public work allotments, It was an
nounced Wednesday.
Additional
thousands w ill be hired from an
other fund of »15,000.000 in the next
lew months.
Mrs. Henrietta B. Mnrtln. choir-
inn of the "Good Government Con
fess", was found guilty of "riot-
us, violent, and disorderly con-
uct” by a circuit court jury in Med-
ird Tuesday. Sentence w ill he pass-
1 Wednesday morning.
Bill Terry, player mnnnger of the
orld champion Giants, signed a
ve-year contract to continue in his
■esent capacity at »40,000 per an-
Frnnce, Great Britain, nnd the
United States joined in opposing re
armament demands of Germany.
Small concessions to Germany’s
armament program are expected to
be made by leading powers in order
to reach a friendly agreement.
vcrnment Camp hotel, owned
V. Bnfferty, was burned to the
nd Wednesday. The hotel which
rated on the summit of Mt.
I, was only partially protected
Murance.
BBWARRI TOMORROW 18
FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH
WILL HONOR
NEW FACULTY
Heads up there!
Tom orrow’s FR ID A Y , the 13th!
A compromise settlement between of the mountains and continued by
Babbit’s feet, horseshoes —
two of nature's Titans, the moun process of erosion to wear away its .
charms of all kinds— w ill be
tain and the river, is one of the an present channel. Whichever theory
brought into use to offset the
gles from which the building of the is accepted, the river was the victor
traditional
evil luck of Black F r i
Bonneville
dum
on
the
Columbia
in
either
case.
Free Occupational Training
P a rty N ext Thursday W ill
day. The more suspicious w ill be
river may be viewed, according to
In comparatively recent times,
wary- of ladders, black cats, and
Available to A ll Eligible*
Welcome School
(lie Sunday Oregonian.
reckoned geologically, there occurr
broken mirrors. Gamblers w ill
When niun stepped in recently to ed the great landslides at the site
Above Sixteen
Teacher*
take a day off. There w ill be »
put a linlt to the figtit by his deris of the Cascade locks, marking the
lull in the stock market, and men
ion to build the 831,000,000 Bonne second round of the mountain-river
the world over w ill pay homage
ville dam, the Columbia river had feud. By far the heavier slides came
Truining physically hnndicupped
The first large social event of thg
to an age-old suix-rstition.
distinctly the better of the argument froki Table mountain on the Wash
fall season— a party honoring the
|N-r»ons for suitable jobs w ill lx- 1 and would eventually have smashed ington side of the river which had
And while all of this is going
teachers in the Gold H ill schools— is
on, there w ill be some who fall
undertaken in every community in through to a clean victory, for the the effect of changing the course of
being planned for next Thursday
heir to millions, and others w ill
Oregon, according to Oscar 1. P a u l-’ mountains hud been steadily giv the river at this point to tne Ore
evening
by committees which are '
celebrate
the
demise
of
their
son. Stale Siqiervisor of Vocational1 ing ground to their assailant for the gon side. However, the greatest
being arranged this week.
m other-in-law’s. What is bad
past
few
hundred
years.
Only
man
danger
at
the
present
time
of
slides
ltehahililalion. The service is uvuil-
luck for some is good luck to
The affair w ill be held at the
could save them.
exists on the Oregon side. Work ac
able to those above 10 years of age.
others. Anyway, tomorrow Is
school auditorium, beginning at
To get the pro|»er background for complished by engineers for the
Those vocationally handicapped this gigantic struggle, one must go Union Pacific in stopping these slid
Friday and the number is th ir
8:00 o'clock.
either beruuscs of injury or disease far hark into geologic history to a es by drainage tunnels w ill be un
teen. So watch your step!
This annual event, which is al
should present their cases to Mr. time when there were no Cascade done by the Bonneville dam, caus
ways looked forward to by school
Paulson, unit an immediate survey mountains and the land was a ing the engineers of the dam no
patrons, w ill be very informal this
D rug Store Escapade
of the euse w ill be made. The Be- smooth plane. One day there came small amount of worry.
1 year, taking on the nature of a H al
habiliation Service seeks and wel volcanic eruptions succeeded by
Draws Fine for Drunk lowe'en party, with refreshments,
However, to get back to the sec
comes
the
cooperation of all great luva flows over eastern Ore ond and last episode of warfare, the
Jecorations and the program of en
persons or ugencies who come. in gon ami Washington. Then the earth mountains were only momentarily
A charge of drunkenness on the tertainment in keeping w ith the
contact with the disabled.
against H a rr) spirit of the season.
began to buckle itself front shrink victorious, for the river by deviat highway brought
Cureful examinations to deter age, causing the gradual rise of a ing in its course continued to wash Coleman, arrested here last week,
New members of the teaching
mine the adaptable capacities for north-south ridge at right angles to the debris from its path and would drew him a sentence of 24) days in staff which local people w ill have
industrial nnd vocational training the Columbia river. There are two have had an easy triumph had not | the county ja il in Judge H. D. the opportunity to meet are Miss
w ill be given, and those susceptible views extant concerning the next the decision of man in the form of Heed’s court here last Friday. Ac Madge Mitchell, second grade teach
to rehabilitation work or vocational stage of the story when the real the Bonneville project come to halt cording to reports, Coleman had er, who comes to the Gold H ill
guidance w ill be given every pos- warfare between mountain and riv the struggle permanently by flood spent some time in Gold H ill Thurs schools from the Sams Valley dis
ible uid. The training w ill he larg- er began. Some say the mountain ing the Cascade rapids with b a c k -, day, and while in Becker’s drug trict; Miss Beth Paulsen, English in
ly practical -in shops, offices and dammed the river the latter forming water from the dam. And thus, pug store, took advantage of the pro structor in tbe high school, whose
schools of the State.
a lake and finally breaking over the nacious man. unable to keep peace prietor's good nature, and while the home is in Portland, and Coach Le
There are about 40 cases under top to continue its course to the sea. w ith himself, has figured prominent store was dimly lighted after hours, land T . Cook, also of Portland.
Fam iliar faces which w ill again
truining in the State at present. The The other view holds that the river ly in keeping peace w ith the ele it is alleged he rang the cash regis
ter and took considerable money.
greet the parents and patrons, are
Federal Government
has 30,000 rose in pace with the grudual rise ments.
He left without any loss being Superintendent J. A. Thomason, who
such cases, with more than 64100 re
discovered, however, and when ap is serving his second year as head
habilitated and returned to gainful Travelers Choose Home
Garden Club Plans
prehended. in an intoxicated con of the local schools; Miss Albertina
imployiiient the pnst year.
W in ter's Program dition, the charge of drunkenness Hankey, commercial instructor in
on
Banks
of
Rogue
Applicants should write at once
was placed against him until fu r the high school; Mrs. Madeline Pen
to the Supervisor of Vocational Itc-
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Beinkin, wbo >
habilitution, State Board for Vo lust yeur purchased the Brashear1 The Gold H ill Garden club met ther investigation could be made) dleton, first grade teacher; Mrs.
at the home of Mrs. Joe Blair la s t, Other rases tried here during Minnie Sargent, third and fourth;
cational Education, Salem.
ranch in the Gold H ill Irrigation
Frida> to talk over plans for the the week, included one against Miss Mabel Moore, fifth and sixth;
district, near the town of Bogue <
Louis Holland for speeding a truck. Mrs. Marjorie Pena, çeventh; and
W reck on Blackwell H ill
Biver, this week announce that they winter, which w ill enable them to His sentence was »5 and costs, ami Mrs. Maudie Robinson, eighth.
Lands P air in Bastile have sold a small plot to a fam ily ] w ork toward a pleasant and profit Glen Johnson was given the same A large reception committee, whose
who plan to locate here to make able season when gardening time penalty for a like offense. These duties w ill be to see that everyone
their home. The purchasers are Mr. comes next spring.
men appeared in the local court ’ gets acquainted, is being named,
Tw o men, Tom Parker and J.
and Mrs. Shuler, wbo spend much
and other committees include a
It was decided to seek the city October 9.
Neff, are Iwing held in the county
of their time traveling. For the past
Thursday morning, H. H. Arm group to plan the program; a com
council rooms as the permauent
jail at Medford by state police pend-
five years they have been touring
club rooms in which the ladies may strong, whose car carried void li mittee in charge of games, and one
ing investigation
of the wreck
different parts of the United States,
hold their regular meetings, and cense plates, was also fined »5 and of ladies who w ill attend to solicit
about 10:341 o’clock Sunday night on!
tiut when they began looking for a any other social events they may costs of the case.
ing and serving the refreshments.
Blackwell, a few miles east of Gobi
place to establish their borne, they
As in the past, tbe reception is
H ill. The accident involved the enr
sponsor.
chose the Bogue Biver valley— pur
expected to attract a large group of
in which they were riding and one
For the w inter program, a study W .R .C . Announce* Public
chasing river frontage right on the
parents and friends of the school
driven by Frank Avery.
of various plant life, garden plans,
D inner* Begin This M onth for one of the most enjoyable com
banks of the Bogue. They announce
Police said Monday that the car that they w ill continue to travel and many other interesting subjects
munity get-togethers of the social
In which Neff, Parker and a com from time to time, but that they has been proposed, and at the No
Renewing their usual custom of
panion were driving had been takrs w ill probably spend nine months of vember meeting a definite plan w ill serving a public dinner once a year. All are urged to make a spe
cial effort to attend.
la rlie r in I he evening from Lee
be adopted.
month in connection with their
the year here.
Neff, brother of the man being held.
The
date
of
this
meeting
has
not
regular corps meeting, the Women’s
This is the third real estate tran
A party of local high sch< ol
The third man who had been riding
saction fur property in the Gold been set as yet, but members are Relief Corps. James Luttrell Post students composed of June Moore,
in the car struck out Into the
asked
to
watch
for
the
announce-
]
first
H ill Irrigation district within the
nnnounce this week that the
Effie PnUon, Louise Smith. Delos
brush toward the Gold Bay dam nnd last month.
raent.
dinner of the w inter season w ill Walker, Lester Dusenberry and
was not located by police.
be given Wednesday, October 25, Junior Robinson hiked to the
The Neff car was completely
at the corps rooms at noon.
beacon and back last Friday eve
Report F ru it Jobs
wrecked officers said, and the Avery Gold H ill Now Has
The plan this year is to have
Photographic Studio
P lentiful in North specially prepared menus in keep ning.
car was badly damaged.
ing with the important even’s of
A new service is being offered
Mr. and Mrs. Asil W alker and each month, and for October they
residents of Gold H ill and commu John Chisholm, who left last Satur
w ill carry out the harvest motif.
nity this week, w ith the announce day for Yakima, Washington, the
A charge of 35c w ill be made, and
ment by W. W. Trannnh of the apple center of the north, have
people who have patronized the
opening of a photographers studio. w ritten relatives here
that they corps dinners in the past know that
Mr. Trannah, who has been oper find that jobs are very plentiful
the meals served are well worth
ating a second-hand exchange store in that section for fruit workers.
this sum.
in Gold H ill since last spring, has
They stated that they were offered
A 25-year moratorium on elk
The ladies have planned a very
By purchase of outstanding bonds, had many years of experience in jobs in almost every town enroute,
heads
w ill be temporarily lifted for
active
year,
and
hope
to
raise
funds
both the Gold H ill school district the photography business nnd w ill pickers and packing house rousties
and the city council have recently open for a general line of commer being the workers that were most for a well-rounded program,, and Oregon huntsmen when a three-day
made possible considerable savings cial work, with children’s and baby needed. They plan to pack, however, hope that people of the community season opens in Um atilla and Baker
w ill see fit to support them through counties October 23. it has been con
lor the people they represent.
pictures a feature. He w ill also do nnd have been assured positions in
servatively estimated that more than
patronizing their dinners.
Lust week the City of Gold H ill kodak finishing and enlarging.
the apple metropolis.
The second Wednesday of each 2500 sportsmen w ill take the field
receivrd »4,000 of the money due
An attractive get-acquainted offer
Weather in the north is ideal, they
them from the Benefit Savings A w ill be found in the advertising col report, nnd they are much enthused month is the regular business meet during the three-day period. Por
ing and on the fourth Wednesday tions of Union and W allowa count
Loan company w ith whom they had umns of this issue.
about prospects there.
the corps w ill serve the public din ies w ill also be opened to shooting.
illegally deposited funds, nnd im
ner and the nfternoon session w ill
When a ban was placeo on elk
mediately took advantage of the
M arried M en Take Third
Rev. Cowden to Hold
be given over for needlew’ork for shooting in 1907, elk were practic
low’ bond market Io effect a saving
ally extinct in Oregon. The elk
Game from Single Team
Sunday Evening Services the benefit of the needy.
ot »1,054 to the people of Gold H ill.
herds suffered more depredations at
This was done by taking up »4,000
The "little world series” baseball
the hands of the white man than
Rev. W. A. Cowden of Bogue IT O ELEC T SUCCESSOR TO
in bonds nt the price of »3,0(10.00
SCHOOL DIRECTOR MeCARTER did the Indians who were also pret
River, who was in charge of serv
which accounted for »334, nnd the for Gold H ill is over.
By taking the third game, 10 to 9 ices at the Methodist church in this
ty well-thinned at this period. Care
interest for the next three years at
The school board is this week pub ful conservation by state game of
0 per rent would have amounted Io Sunday, the married men won two city last Sunday evening, announces
*720, making the total saving »1,054. ' nut of three from the single outfit. that he w ill again hold services here lishing notice that voters of Gold ficers has restored the number of
H ill district No. 57 w ill fill the va elk to more than 10,000 head during
The school district bond was one Although the single hoys were lead this Sunday evening.
Forty-five people attended church cancy caused by the resignation of the 25-yenr shooting holiday. In the
due in 1935 in the sum of »1,000. ing nt the end of the ninth inning,
The debt funding program adopted their sporting blood was up and Inst Sunday, and enjoyed the fine Director Dan McCarter, when they four counties open to hunters the
another
inning service, which also included a ser meet to vote on the school budget latter part of the month, there are
by the board had accumulated suf they called for
ies of steriopticon pictures on the at the nnnual hearing Friday, Octo approximately 8700 of the animals.
ficient surplus, the hoard found which proved to be fatal.
The lineups for the two teams life of Christ, presented by Rev. ber 27. The meeting w ill be held
Opinions d iffer as to the difficulty
this week, that they were able to
nt the school nuditorium at 2:00. of bagging this gnme. Some claim
pay off this one unit. They bought were about the same as the Sunday Cowden.
The congregation was so pleased So far no one has announced their that they w ill be as easily shot as
the bond for »950, nnd made n sav before.
w ith Rev. Cowden’s work, that they intention to run for the position. milk cows. Others say that the elk
ing of »120 in interest, the total
w ill not only be hard to hit but like
voted unanimously to continue the
GOLD H IL L LODGE NO. 129
snving amounting to »170 to the
The Royal Scot express, famous wise hard to find. Whichever group
evening worship under his leader
taxpayers.
ace train of the London Midland & is right, it is certain that elk horns
The Odd Fellows lodge met In ship.
Incidentally, people of the school
All members and friends are urg Scottish rnilwny, one of the most bearing the required number of tw o
d'slrict inny be Interested in know regular session Tuesday, October
ing Ihnt the bonded indebtedness of 14), and after the business was dis ed to attend and give th eir interest popular exhibits at the Century of or more points on either horn w ill
Progress, w ill make a post-exposi grace many a library at the close of
the district is now hut »11,000, posed of the lodge extended con and support.
tion tour of the West and w ill be the season.
which is considered remarkably low gratulations to one of its old mem
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cook and on display in Portland Wednesday,
for a district having the high prop bers and faithful worker on his 75th
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sutton,
erty valuation which this district birthday anniversary. Everyone en Clarence Cook left Saturday for October 25. It w ill probably pass
Maude
Sutton, and Mrs. Art Mullin
through
Gold
H
ill
sometime
Tues
Lakeview
where
they
w
ill
spend
a
joyed
the
fine
repast
put
on
by
Chef
enjoys, which is approximately
day night.
were in Grants Pass Friday.
few day*.
Paul Thompson.
11,250,000.
Bond Purchases
Save Gold H ill
Substantial Snm
Many Nimrods
A w a it Opening
O f Elk S e a so n